Doctoral Writing Center Lead
Westcliff International School
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $30 per hour
Job Level
About the role
- Overseeing the daily operations, quality assurance, and professional development of the Doctoral Writing Center team
- Directly supervising Doctoral Writing Center Specialists
- Ensuring the delivery of high-quality, timely, and rigorous dissertation-level writing and research support to doctoral students across all programs
- Overseeing Formatting Committee review workflows for dissertation and doctoral research project candidates
- Coordinating internal scholarly submission reviews for faculty
- Collaborating with the Westcliff International Journal of Applied Research (WIJAR) to support internal manuscript readiness and pre-submission review
- Working closely with the Academic Success Manager to scale services and uphold institutional standards (APA, academic integrity, responsible AI use)
Requirements
- Earned PhD from a regionally accredited institution
- Minimum of 3–5 years of experience in doctoral-level writing support, academic editing, dissertation coaching, graduate instruction, or related academic roles
- Prior experience supervising or mentoring academic professionals
- Demonstrated expertise in APA 7th edition and dissertation-level academic writing
- Experience working with multilingual, international, and diverse student populations
- Expertise in quantitative research methodologies
- Experience supporting prospectus, proposal, IRB, and dissertation milestones
- Prior leadership in a Writing Center, Doctoral Support Center, Graduate Office, or similar academic unit
- Certification or formal training in academic editing, TESOL, coaching, or faculty development
- Experience supporting faculty scholarship, journal submissions, or research publication workflows
- Experience in fully online or distance doctoral education environments.
Benefits
- Flexible hybrid work schedule
- Outstanding benefits to support your well-being
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
dissertation-level writingacademic editingdissertation coachingquantitative research methodologiesAPA 7th editionscholarly submission reviewsmanuscript readinessIRB supportgraduate instructionwriting support
Soft Skills
supervisionmentoringcollaborationquality assuranceprofessional developmentleadershipcommunicationorganizational skillsscaling servicesacademic integrity
Certifications
academic editing certificationTESOL certificationcoaching certificationfaculty development training